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From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello 
To: don barton johnson 
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:06 PM
Subject: mascodagama

he was walking on hands, not his feet
seeing the world upside down was so neat
they said he was completely perverted
perspective is novel inverted
©Sean Devine & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 http://www.edwdebono.com/debono/poetry16.htm

Just as a Satanist turns the crucifix upside down to invert Christian law, so does the foot lover stand the human body on its head to affect whatever is above by making love from below (Chapter: "Melting clocks, Melting Bodies"  from Joseph Lanza´s  "Gravity" , Quartet Books , 1997 ) 


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After seeing the photographs of the reversable doll, Carolyn Kunin observed: 
"I have seen something like this - - but not as a toy, on stage in an 18th century opera. It was quite amusing, but I don't remember the specifics. It was a "historical" staging, so probably something like this was done".
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